WW archive > Issue 832 - 09 September 2010
Vote preference one for Abbott ... and fuck warmongering ex-ministers
In the ballot for Labour Party leader, which closes on September 22, the CPGB calls for critical support for Diane Abbott, no support for the four ex-ministers and the expulsion of all coalition collaborators. Alex John argues the case
Letters
Too liberal; Insulting; Demarchatic; Wrong button; No blacklisting
Blair's liberalism and the toxic Gordon Brown
In the last analysis Tony Blair and Gordon Brown had different political projects, argues Eddie Ford
Workers' solidarity with disaster victims
The floods in Pakistan have exposed once more colonialism's legacy of underdevelopment and social instability, writes Jim Gilbert
Goldilocks and the communist programme
In an opening article, Jack Conrad picks out and assesses various criticisms of and alternatives to the CPGB's Draft programme
Trouble in the fourth estate
Murdoch, Coulson, et al are being handled with kid gloves, writes James Turley
Class, blackened faces, and academic muddle
David Douglass reviews Hester Barron's 'The 1926 miners' lockout: meanings of community in the Durham coalfield' Oxford, 2009, pp314, £65
Fiver challenge
There is quite a long way to go to reach our full target, reports Robbie Rix
Tactical differences and unification
Unity of the four organisations in 1920
The noble savage and colonialism
Films like Avatar represent a racist ideological assault, writes James Devine